Environmental organisations have said that medicinal herbs are being openly looted from Mullaiahnagiri, Bababudangiri, Kemmangundi and Chandrdrona hill range.
A press release from environmental activist G Veeresh said that the plants from these hill have been in great demand from time immemorial and hence district administration and forest department should take steps to conserve the same.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/medicinal-herbs-looted-cmagalur-hills
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/deccan-herald-bangalore
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/western-ghats
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/herbal-medcine
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/medicinal-plants
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environmentalists
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/karnataka
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chikmagalur-d
